English Grammar: Adapted to the Different Classes of Learners : with an Appendix Containing Rules and Observations for Assisting the More Advanced Students to Write with Perspicuity and AccuracyOliver D. Cooke, 1805 - 336 pages |
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... relation to each other , and of their established connexion with the ideas to which they are applied , will be the certainty and ease , with which we transfuse our sentiments into the minds of one another ; and that , without a ...
... relation to each other , and of their established connexion with the ideas to which they are applied , will be the certainty and ease , with which we transfuse our sentiments into the minds of one another ; and that , without a ...
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... relation ai , is pronounced like the long slender sound of a ; as in pay , day , delay . B B keeps one unvaried sound , at the beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ...
... relation ai , is pronounced like the long slender sound of a ; as in pay , day , delay . B B keeps one unvaried sound , at the beginning , middle , and end of words ; as in baker , number , rhubarb , & c . In some words it is silent ...
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... relation to it , as b does top , d to t , hard g to k , and z to s . It has also one uniform sound ; as , vain , vanity , love . W W , when a consonant , has nearly the sound of oo ; as water resembles the sound of ooater ; but that it ...
... relation to it , as b does top , d to t , hard g to k , and z to s . It has also one uniform sound ; as , vain , vanity , love . W W , when a consonant , has nearly the sound of oo ; as water resembles the sound of ooater ; but that it ...
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... relation between them : as " He went from London to York ; " she is above disguise ; " " they are supported by indus- try . " A Preposition may be known by its admitting after it a personal pronoun , in the objective case ; as , with ...
... relation between them : as " He went from London to York ; " she is above disguise ; " " they are supported by indus- try . " A Preposition may be known by its admitting after it a personal pronoun , in the objective case ; as , with ...
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... relation of property or possession ; and has an apostrophe with the letter s coming after it : as * Indexes , when it significs pointers , or Tables of contents : Indi- ces , when referring to Algebraic quantities . " The scholar's duty ...
... relation of property or possession ; and has an apostrophe with the letter s coming after it : as * Indexes , when it significs pointers , or Tables of contents : Indi- ces , when referring to Algebraic quantities . " The scholar's duty ...
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accent action active verb adjective admit adverb agreeable appear auxiliary auxiliary verbs better cæsura comma common substantive compound conjugated conjunction connected connexion consonant copulative degree denote derived diphthong distinct distinguished English language examples express following instances following sentence frequently future tense genitive governed grammar grammarians Greek guage hath ideas imperative mood Imperfect Tense indicative mood infinitive mood interrogative irregular verb king learner Lord loved manner means mind moods and tenses mute names nature nominative noun object observations octavo participle passive pause perfect personal pronoun perspicuous phrases Pluperfect Pluperfect Tense Plur plural number possessive Potential Mood preceding preposition Present Tense principal proper properly propriety render respect RULE SECT sense sentiments shalt short signify simple singular number sometimes speak speech subjunctive mood superlative syllable termination thing tion tive Trochee variation verb active verb neuter virtue voice vowel wise words wouldst writing
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